Maginot Line fortress Simserhof still intact near farm
A reporter tours Simserhof fortress at the Scheid family farm revealing a still operational Maginot Line complex. Capt. Jacques Langlois explains its endurance, ventilation, power plants, and living quarters while noting past damage but limited strategic value in modern warfare.
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Jacques Langlois
Snow White
the Seven Dwarfs
Simserhof
Simone Scheid
Maginot
Bitche
Simserhof Works
France
Hambro London Banker Dies at 65
Sir Charles Hambro longtime London banker and wartime operations organizer died last week after a yearlong illness. He chaired Hambros Bank Ltd the citys largest investment bank and was trusted with early confidential atom bomb information while aiding efforts to disrupt Nazi nuclear experiments.
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London
Charles Hambro
Hambro
Hambros Bank Ltd
Adams Diplomatic Standover Over Confederate Ironclads
On September 5 1863 Charles Francis Adams, U S minister to Britain, warned Lord Russell that two Confederate ironclad rams under construction in Liverpool could break the Union blockade. Russell refused to halt them, prompting Adams to recall the Alabama crisis and urge action as the rams neared sea. The rams were detained, then seized in October and served in the British navy as Scorpion and Wivern.
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Charles Francis Adams
United States
Great Britain
Lord John Russell
Queen Victoria
Adams
Liverpool
Lord Russell
Majjesty
Alabama
U.S
Confederacy
Boston
John Quincy Adams
John Adams
Gideon Welles
Cardiff
Wales
Welles
Seward
Laird Shipyards
Egypt
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Germany
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Berlin
Defense
Andre Maginot
Rhine
Langlois
Sir Winston Churchill
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
Switzerland
Belgium
North Sea
Christ
Turret No. 6
AP News
Rene Deboffle
Associated Press
Rodney Angove
Joseph Desamer
Britain
Merton T. Akers
United
Pres. International
The
London Morning Post
Her Majesty
Henry Adams
Vicksburg
Washington
William H. Seward
Secretary of Treasury
Salmon P. Chase
Lincoln
Chase
Navy
Earl Russell
R. W. Landis
Cecar Rapids
Landis
Vns
Landis Associated
Public Finance Service
Empire Credit Corp
Landis Insurance Agency
First Avenue
S.E
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Ordur
Ouizette
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